hargnier

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *harmēn (to insult, injure), from Proto-Germanic *harmāną (to harm, shame, pain).

Verb

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hargnier

  1. to complain; to bemoan; to lament
  2. to argue; to quarrel

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-rgn, *-rgns, *-rgnt are modified to rng, rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • Middle French: hergner, hargner

References

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